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Breast Awareness

October is the only time of the year you will find grown men wearing pink T-shirts or pink bands proclaiming “I Love Breasts” around their wrists. Countless numbers of individuals and non-profit organizations, including the well-known Susan G. Komen Foundation, have given hundreds of thousands of dollars toward breast cancer awareness and the “Think Pink” campaign. All of the preventative measures typically recommended are rooted in conventional thinking without consideration of the amazing power of the body to heal and maintain optimal health.

As alternative healthcare practitioners, we are passionate about helping our patients live long and fulfilling lives, free from disease. Our focus is on supporting the body by using whole foods, herbs and food-based supplements as a way to enhance overall health. And the tools we have in our proverbial “toolbox” have the potential to do just that. By providing our female patients with just four basic supplements, we can help support healthy breast tissue, avoiding dangerous mammograms or other invasive testing that may not be entirely safe or reliable.

In order to drive home the point with our female patients that we work to support women’s bodies as a whole, we decided to offer the following four items to our female patients. You can display these on your reception counter or send out a quick email letting them know that you also support breast health awareness. You can also offer a 10% or 20% discount on these supplements for the month of October to help drive your sales!

Mammary PMGAs the core supplement for supporting breast health, this protomorphogen does what every other protomorphogen does: support the healthy regeneration and rebuilding of that specific tissue. At a dose of 4-6 per day, Mammary PMG can be taken long-term to help support normal, healthy breast tissue and should be considered part of any breast health protocol.

Vitamin DStudies have confirmed the protective benefits of vitamin D for a number of body tissues, not excluding breast tissue. It has been reported that maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D can help reduce a woman’s breast cancer risk by an astonishing 50%! Current recommendations on adequate vitamin D levels are still on the high side however, 40–50 ng/ml seems to be a safe and attainable level. This will avoid toxic overdoses of the active form and keep the fat-soluble family of vitamins in balance. Providing 6-8 Cataplex D per day will help build vitamin D stores in the body.

IodineThis important element has been crucified by the western medical establishment. After removing iodine from bread products during the 1970’s and replacing with bromine, we have become increasingly iodine deficient and bromine toxic. As another important component of breast health, iodine plays a key role in maintaining normal breast architecture and overall health of this important tissue. Studies have found that iodine concentrations are significantly reduced or even absent in any kind of breast disease which confirms its importance. Daily requirement for iodine is approximately 12mg. However, you may want to consider adding this nutrient slowly as the displacement of the other halogens, bromine, chlorine and fluorine, may cause temporary flu-like discomfort. If this occurs, discontinue the iodine for 24 hours and then resume with a slightly smaller dose until the halogens have had time to clear. Then, increase the dose when tolerated.

Celtic Sea SaltThis seems like an odd item to include with other items supporting breast health however it is supportive for the whole body. Celtic Sea Salt provides a wide variety of trace minerals needed by the body to help remove toxic halogens as a result of iodine supplementation. As well, the endocrine system is dependent on adequate levels of trace minerals in order to function. Daily intake should be approximately 1 tsp. per day either dissolved in 12-15 ounces of water (fresh-squeezed lime juice cuts the salty taste) or sprinkled on food. Or a combination of both. (To order wholesale, click here).

Next week we will be taking a look at another case example on the thyroid!